THE MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY ON SPATIAL SYSTEM OF KOTAGEDE, YOGYAKARTA AND ITS SETTLEMENT PATTERN

Abstract

Kotagede with its historical welth was the ex-Islamic Mataram kingdom, the city of merchandiser and handycrafer and also the city of the Muhammadiyah progress, It's interesting to be discussed because the Adefacts of Mataram Kingdom centered at Kotagede before moving to Kartasura become an unique and interested item related to its existance of trading activities and the specific handycrafts of Kotagede that produced the style of housing and general facilities.Morphological study analyzes the form through the meaning discussison, the reason and its methamorphose by using the syncronic and dyacronic approach. The Form analyzing consists of "the form, structure and interrelation" and the evolution adn the transformation of the Form from time to time. So that the syncronic approach and especialy the dyacronic one becomes a very significant item in morphological study.The research result shows that (i) when the terrific temitory at Mataram kingdom at Kotagedea it had the spatial pattem that its position in transition tumed between the pattem of the kingdom spatial influenced by Jawa-Hinduism to Jawa-lslamic, (ii) the existance of Mataram Kingdom seen by its ruins, had generated the state of housings. Housing spatial and building shape were according to the level and stratification of their society.